I Fell In Love With a Cone Head: My Grandson | by Patricia Hunt Holmes | Inspiring Story #204 -

I Fell In Love With a Cone Head: My Grandson | by Patricia Hunt Holmes | Inspiring Story #204

 Corporate lawyer Patricia wasnโ€™t ready to be a grandmotherโ€”especially when he didnโ€™t look like the baby she imagined.

But one moment changed everything...

Waiting for my son-in-law to come into the freezing, stark waiting room to tell us that my first grandson had arrived, I was thinking about the sweater I wished I had worn rather than my impending life change.  Becoming a grandmother was something I had never been particularly interested in.  

I was at the peak of my career as a corporate lawyer with a full load of the work that I loved.  I didnโ€™t have time for what I imagined as โ€œgrandmotherly responsibilities.โ€  Finally, โ€œJack Hayden Archerโ€ has arrived, his beaming father entered and announced.

The excited family trouped down the narrow hall to the nursery where an expressionless nurse held the baby wrapped in a pale blue blanket for us to view. When she pulled back the blanket from his head there was a hush.

Jack had a cone head. His face was red. And at over eleven pounds, he was huge! Especially set among a room full of tiny, pretty, pink babies.

I pictured his beautiful, petite mother and wondered how she could have produced this strange looking thing after three days of labor.

I pictured his beautiful, petite mother and wondered how she could have produced this strange looking thing after three days of labor.

Later, in her room, I lovingly watched my daughter nestle the little giant to her breast.  The look on her face was pure love.  When she handed my grandson to me, I felt his warmth.  His chubby little fingers wrapped around mine and I realized I wanted to be with him more than anything.  His dark brown eyes seemed to say, โ€œI love you, grandmom.โ€

I no longer noticed his cone head.  It was about the meeting of our hearts. 


Patricia Hunt Holmes PhD, JD

Patricia Hunt Holmes, PhD, JD, is a retired public finance attorney and former professor with expertise in nonprofit healthcare and rural electric cooperative finance. Recognized in Best Lawyers in America and Texas Super Lawyers, she has also published in Texas Lawyer and spoken at national conferences.

Patricia holds a PhD in Russian and South Asian History and a JD from the University of Houston. She is the author of two novels, Searching for Pilar and Crude Ambition, and is actively involved in Houstonโ€™s social service community, including serving as a Trustee for the Houston Grand Opera.

Connect with Patricia by leaving a comment below or visiting her website and Substack:www.patriciahuntholmes.com | Substack: [email protected]

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